“LEST YOU FORGET!”

 Deuteronomy 6:10-15                    (ESV)

[10] “And when the LORD your GOD brings you into the land that HE swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you—with great and good cities that YOU DID NOT BUILD, [11] and houses FULL OF ALL GOOD THINGS that you did not fill, and cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant—and when you eat and are full, [12] then take care “LEST YOU FORGET” the LORD, WHO brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. [13] It is the LORD your GOD you shall fear. HIM you shall serve and by HIS NAME you shall swear. [14] You shall not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are around you—[15] for the LORD your GOD in your midst is a jealous GOD—lest the anger of the LORD your GOD be kindled against you, and HE destroy you from off the face of the earth.”

Remembering the “path” that was assigned to me almost 16 years ago is something that I have a hard time with at times.  “The enemy” attempts to get my mind in a mode that “forgets” where I was and where I could have been!  As I recall, in 2007 the survival rate for a Brain Hemorrhage was about 20%, which means that 80% did not make it!  What was it that placed me in the 20 percent survival zone?  And why didn’t I have far more “deficits” than I experienced?  When ALL THINGS are considered, the only conclusion is that GOD HAD A PLAN for my life, and that PLAN I need to remember!!!

The words “LEST YOU FORGET” bring a MESSAGE to my mind that can be very emotional!  Knowing the severity of the situation I was in is very difficult to understand as the medication used to keep me in the coma generally is used on a short term basis, certainly not for SEVENTEEN DAYS!  It can be quite easy for me to “gloss over” where I was and where I could have been!  For me, “LEST YOU FORGET” needs to be something that is on my brain damaged mind everyday.